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Wed 11 Nov 2009Taoiseach nominates Geoghegan Quinn for Europe
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has said he expects Máire Geoghegan-Quinn to make a major contribution to the new EU Commission but he refused to be drawn about which portfolio she is likely to be given.
Mr Cowen, who announced Ms Geoghegan-Quinn’s nomination for appointment to the commission yesterday, said the requirement for gender balance was one of the reasons he had selected her ahead of other well-qualified candidates.
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